Conceal or cachet filler and sealer



Aug. 18,1925. l 1,550,442

' H. G. MCCARTY ET AL CONCEAL OR CAGHET FILLER AND SEALER 1 A J9 'if if i if Ri l@ 50 f ff' if,

INVENTOR. 55555.

mi BY 0m ATTORNEY.

Aug. 18, 1925.

H. G..MGCARTY ET AL.

CONCEJAL 0R CACHET FILLER AND SEALER 2 sheets-sheet 2 Filed 001'.. 3. 1924 j. l/:swans SHEL'. fr

' ATTORNEY.

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kPatented Aug. 18, 1925.

- UNITED STATES PATENT oFFlcE.

HIRAM GEO. MCGARTY, FRANK I.. rnL'rEs, AND oTTo R. KRIVAN, or CLEVELAND, oHIo.

CONCEAL OR CACHET FILLECR. AN D SEALER.

Application filed October 3, 1824. Serial No. 741,505.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that we, HIRAM G. MCCARTY, FRANK L. Fnmns,` and O'r'ro R. KRIVAN, citizens of the United States, residing at Cleveland, in the county of Cuyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Conceal or Cachet Fillers and Sealers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in fillers and sealers for cachets or conceals, having for Van object the provision of an apparatus in which the conceal may be filled, sealed and then removed therefrom without injury.

Another object is to'provide a filler and sealer of this character in which the conceal orcachet carryingplates are removable as a unit whereby to prevent accidental separation ofthe two concavo-convex wafers which make up the conceal.

Itis also an object toV provide in an apparatus of this character, means for filling the conceals with medicine or the like in powdered form in sucha manner as to prevent 4"lodging of any portions upon the flangesincluded in the conceal structure.

y It is likewise an object to provide a filler and sealer of this vcharacter comprising` a minimum number of simply constructed parts such as will materially reduce the cost of manufacture and facilitate `assembly and operation. Y ,Y

Other objects are in part obvious and in part pointed out hereinafter.

Inorder that the invention and its mode of operation may be readily understood by persons skilled in the art, we have in the accompanying illustrative drawings, and in the following detailed description based thereon set out one possible embodiment of the same. A

Figure l is a plan View of the ller and sealer in closed or sealing position;

Figure 2 is an end view showing the relative positioning ofthe bed and cover plates while wafers are being filled; k

Figure 3 is a plan view of the bed plate showing the spaced longitudinal channels which permit of slidablemovement of the supplemental plates when the wafers have been sealed; p 1

VFigure 4 isa plan viewfof the bed plate and supplemental plate carried thereby, this supplemental plate `being slightly withdrawn;`

Figure 5 is a plan view of the funnel supporting plate; V

rFigure 6 is a detail cross sectional view of a portion of the bed plate, showing other parts associated therewith for filling of a wafer;

Figure is a detail cross sectional view showing the two-part wafer at the beginning of the sealing operation; and

Figure 8 is an edge view of the forward end portion of the two supplemental or wafer carrying plates, wafers being positioned therein.

Having more particular reference to the drawings throughout which similar reference characters designate'similar parts this improved conceal or cachet filler maybe stated as comprising bed and base plates, each having longitudinally extending channels designed to be relatively alined and opening through corresponding ends of said plates. f A pair of supplemental or cachet supporting plates is slidably connected to adjacent faces of the bed and base plates, and have alined openings to receive the wafers forming the cachets and being relatively fiXed to prevent separation of the wafers after they havebeen sealed and during the removal of the completed cachets from the apparatus.

The bed plate and base plate are identically formed with one exception which will be specified hereinafter, consequently detailed description will be directed to the base plate only. As shown in Figures 2 and 3, this base plate 10 is substantially rectangular in configuration, and is provided in its upper face with an under cut way ll which is designed to receive a supplemental Orl cachet supporting plate l2, this plate having beveled longitudinal edges to snugly engage the under cut portions of the way 11. This supplemental plate, as shown in Figure 6, is provided with a set of openings to receive and support parts of the conceals or cachets, it being clear that these parts include Hange portions which take over and rest upon the upper face of the supplemental plate. By reference to Figures l, 4i, and 8 it will be seen that the supplemental plates are provided with hand pieces'l at their outer ends and with an inter-engaging socket and piny 14 and l5 respectively whereby to insure against relative shifting of said plates during the filling, sealing and removal of the conceals Lor cachets.

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f y Je) Formed in the under cut channel 11 and extended longitudinally therein is a pair ot spaced grooves or channels 1G which open through one end ot the bed plate 10 as shown in Figures 2 and 3. The portion between the spaced grooves or channels 16 is raised to 'form a rib 1T as illustrated in Figures 2 and 3, thereby forming a central support for the supplemental or cachet supporting plate which is arranged in the aforementioned under cut channel or way 11. The provision ot these channels permits slidable removal ot the supplementary plates together with the sealed waters or cachets, it being obvious that any other construction would prohibit such relative sliding of these parts. Legs 1S are integrally termed about the periphery ot the base plate whereby to elevate the intermediate portions from a table or the like support.

At longitudinally alined corners, bosses 19 are termed, each boss carrying a tapered pin 2O which is designed to be snugly fitted into a similarly shaped socket 21 termed in enlarged portions oit the cover plate 22. This cover plate as shown, includes an under cut way 23 to receive a slidable supplemental plate 24 and is further provided with spaced channels or grooves 25 as in the case ot the bed plate. Legs 26 are also integrally termed with the cover plate as shown in Figure 2, Portions ot both the bed and base plates are eut away as shown in the several iigures in order to reduce the quantity ot material used as well as the weight ot the structure.

As has been previously stated, the cachets or conceals each consist ot two concavo-convex waters made up ot soluble material and including annular radial flanges. In .tilting these conceals one halt or one ot the 'waters is arranged in each ot' the openings 27 formed in the supplemental plate 12, the flanges ot the waters being rested upon the upper face ot the plate 12 associated with the bed plate. rlhe body ot each lower waiter projects through the opening in the supplemental plate and is spaced trom the bottom ot the adjacent channel or groove formed in the bed plate as shown in Figures G and 7. lVlien the entire set oit waters has been positioned as shown in Figures 2 and (i, we arrange thereon a tunnel supporting plate 28 which as shown in Figures 5 and G consists ot a comparatively heavy metal plate having openings 29, alinable with the openings 27 `in the supplemental plate 12. As is obvious, the positioning oit this 'tunnel supporting plate as shown, prevents displacement oitI the waters during the filling operation, said plate being held in fixed relative position through the provision oit apertured ears 30 which tit over the upstanding pins 2O carried by the bed plate 10.

During the filling operation a tunnel 31 as shown in Figures 2 vand 6 may be removably set into the several openings thereby assuring movement of the powdered medicine or the like directly into the wafers. lV ith completion ot' the i'lling process,p't'lie tunnel and its supporting plate are removed. The cover plate carrying the top sections or waters which complete the conceal structure is positioned over the bed plate, with the result that covers are formed ,tor the yfirst waters which received the powdered medicine. It is understood that the flange .portions ot' the waters carried by the 'cover plate have been moistened prior to their being positioned over the waters carried by the bed plate. lilith @positioning ot the bed and cover plates as shown in F ignre l?, a slight pressure upon the cover 4plate will nresult .in adhesion ot the yflange portions ot the two waters. At this stage the two supplemental plates as shown in Figures 1 and 8 being inter-connected, may be slid longitudinally with respect to the -bed and cover plates bringing with them throughl one end ot' the channels the completed conceals or ca-tchets. The rvprovision of a structure which permits slidable removal of the catchet supporting plates insures against injury of the conceals or catchets as `is `often experienced in use of other types of filler. As shown in Figures 1 and l these supplemental plates are provided with hand .pieces or grips whereby to facilitate the aforementioned simultaneous sliding movement.

It is understood that the water supporting plates may be formed with different sized openings therein so as to permit use of the apparatus in filling and sealing varisized catchets or conceals.

Minor changes in the details of construction may be made within the scope of the appended claims and such changes we consider within the spirit of our invention.

le claim: I

1. An apparatus of ythe character def scribed comprising a pair of separable plates having `opposed longitudinal channels opening through corresponding ends thereot, said plates being arranged to aline the channels, supplemental plates slidably carried by said separable plates, said supplemental plates having a set of openings Icommunicating with the channels and adapted to support concavo-convex waters and means whereby the supplemental plates may be slidably removed from said separable plates.

2. An apparatus of the character described comprising a bed plate, a cover plate arrangeable upon the bed plate, said plates having opposed under-cut ways, channels formed in the bottoms-of said ways, supplemental plates longitudinally slidable in said under-cut ways and having openings communicating with said channels, and

means whereby said supplemental plates may be Connected for simultaneous Withdrawal from the bed and cover plates.

3. An apparatus of the character described comprising a bed plate, a cover plate arrangeable upon the bed plate, said plates having relatively alined opposed longitudinally extending channels formed in the bottoms of said Ways, a pair of supplemen tal plates arranged in said Ways and slidable longitudinally therein, and said supplemental plates having a set of openings communicating with the channels, and adapted to support concavo-eonvex wafers for filling and sealing.

14:; An apparatus of the character de-v scribed comprising a bed plate, a cover plate arrangeable upon the bed plate, each plate having an under out Way in its inner face opening through one end thereof, said plates each having 'a pair of transversely spaced longitudinally extending channelsy opening through the same end with said under out Way, and a pair of supplemental plates slidably disposed in said under out Ways and removable therefrom through one end, said supplemental plates having openings communicating with the channels to receive and support eoncavoeconvex wafers.

5. An apparatus of the character described comprising a bed plate, a cover plate arrangeable upon the bed plate, said plates having a pair of alinable opposed Ways opening through corresponding edges thereof, and supplemental plates separably conneoted and arranged in the Ways, said supplemental plates having a set of relatively alined openings.

In testimony whereof, We alliX our signatures.

HIRAM GEO. MCCARTY. FRANK L. FELTEs. orro R. KRIVAN. i 

